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☆ Suzanne Shepherd, ‘Goodfellas’ and ‘Sopranos’ actor, dead at 89
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Suzanne Shepherd, veteran actress known for playing the mother of Edie Falco’s Carmela Soprano on “The Sopranos,” has died. A representative for Shepherd told CNN in a statement on Sunday that the actress had died at her home in New York City on Friday. A cause of death has not yet been determined, but Shepherd had been suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to her representative. The film was nominated for six Oscars, with Pesci taking home a statue for his performance in a supporting role. She appeared in 20 episodes of the mob drama as the mother of Carmela Soprano (Edie Falco) between 2000 and 2007.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jeff Tweedy is known to fans as a prolific songwriter and poignant lyricist. Perhaps ironically, that fear is in part what compelled a young Tweedy to start writing music four decades ago. But as he gears up to release his third book on Tuesday, Tweedy admits the task of writing no longer daunts him the way it once did. “I think that there was something really important about the way my generation and previous generations invested themselves in music. While the discomfort is at times distracting for him, he says the act of performing does, for brief moments, make him forget.

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☆ Think You Don’t Like Something? Try Listening Closer - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Jeff Tweedy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

And at the time that “Dancing Queen” came out, it wasn’t hard to hate a disco song, anyway — disco was despised by practically everyone I knew (with the exception of the kids who liked to roller skate). To this day, whenever I think I dislike a piece of music, I think about “Dancing Queen” and am humbled. And even then, if I don’t like something, I make a mental note to try it again in 10 years. Melodies as pure and evocative as the one in “Dancing Queen” don’t come along every day, and I mourn every single moment I missed loving this song. Playing it again as I write this, making up for lost spins, I feel overcome with gratitude for its existence.

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☆ Jeff Tweedy Used to Browse Encyclopedias for Hours on End
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The book takes somewhere around 300 texts of other books and compiles them into a narrative with no humans. Describe your ideal reading experience. My ideal reading experience is almost the same as my ideal writing experience. When you’re writing in a certain frame of mind, you kind of lose yourself and time disappears, or expands. To me, when you’re reading properly and are really invested, time does the same thing.

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☆ ‘The Holdovers’ Review: Three Sad Souls Stranded for Christmas
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Wesley Morris | More About Wesley Morris | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

They set little traps for Hunham’s arrogance and sic their daddies on the administrators, who then bear down on him. It’s a ritzy, laugh-out-loud Christmas miracle that whisks away four of the boys at the end of the first act. But one of them, an almost cool only-child named Angus Tully (Dominic Sessa), can’t go because nobody can reach his parents. He directed this movie — from a script David Hemingson wrote — and moody, quarrelsome people are his specialty. This is his eighth feature-length movie — “Citizen Ruth,” “Election,” “Sideways,” “About Schmidt,” “The Descendants,” “Nebraska” and “Downsizing” precede this one.

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☆ The Surprising Song That Changed Jeff Tweedy’s Life
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Natalia Barr | Photography David Kasnic For Wsj. Magazine | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Opinion | University D.E.I. Programs: Do They Help or Harm Education?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “University D.E.I. Efforts Work Against Liberal Education,” by Christopher F. Rufo (Opinion guest essay, July 28):Mr. Rufo’s call for legislators to escalate the banning of diversity, equity and inclusion programs and curriculums constitutes an existential threat to the distinctively American tradition of liberal education. Mr. Rufo’s anti-D.E.I. campaign is antithetical to academic freedom, shared governance and the unfettered pursuit of the truth foundational to liberal education. Let’s be clear: The playbook that he and his ideological colleagues are following aims to dismantle rather than reform American higher education.

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☆ 8 New Songs You Should Hear Now
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

“A Vivir en Desacuerdo.” (translation: “To Live in Disagreement.”) is a welcoming introduction to her alluringly off-kilter sound. (Listen on YouTube)4. (Actually, I listened to it as an audiobook, which I would recommend because there are times when Tweedy actually sings to explain a point he’s making.) “Evicted” is stomping, twangy and rife with bruised emotions, as Tweedy sings, “I’d laugh until I died if it wasn’t my life, if it wasn’t me in the mirror.” (Listen on YouTube)7. (Listen on YouTube)

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☆ Kentucky Derby Live Updates: Scratch of Favorite Forte Shakes Up Already Chaotic Derby
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Melissa Hoppert | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Secretariat, with jockey Ron Turcotte up, passed his rival, Sham, in the homestrech and ran away with the 99th Kentucky Derby in record time on May 5, 1973. Rumors swirled: he was injured, he lost a step during his 3-year-old season, he just wasn’t the superhorse everyone thought he was, his Wood rival Sham would be the true king of 1973. His rival Sham sat near the lead and made his move to catch the leader, Shecky Greene, at the top of the homestretch. Then, and only then, did Turcotte ask his horse for more, and Secretariat, like the finest of racecars, found another gear. Nearly half of the horses in Saturday’s Derby have Secretariat in their bloodlines.

☆ Here are the 5 best ways to take advantage of a comeback rally for foreign stocks, according to 5 market-beating international fund managers
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Here are five ways to invest to take advantage of a long-term rally for foreign stocks. Yahoo FinanceEuropean stocks spark an unexpected rallyThe turnaround for foreign stocks was fueled by a sudden reversal for European equities. "So foreign, value stocks over growth stocks, commodities should do OK — and all else held constant — you should see some downward pressure on the US dollar as well." Those modest expectations are reflected in the cheap valuations of international stocks, especially those in Europe, Hill said. 5 ways to invest while international stocks reboundNelson's strategy in running the EuroPac International Value Fund is very similar to that of the Tweedy, Browne International Value Fund, which Insider profiled in December.

☆ The managers of a $5.8 billion fund that's beaten 99% of competitors in the past 15 years share how to find winning value stocks in 2023 using this simple, timeless process
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The Tweedy, Browne International Value Fund has outperformed 99% of peers over the past 15 years. Few funds have been a better bet than the Tweedy, Browne International Value Fund (TBGVX) over the past three decades. Perhaps most impressive is that the $5.8 billion Tweedy, Browne International Value Fund has topped 99% of funds in its category in the past 15 years, according to Morningstar. Insider spoke with Wyckoff, Shrager, and Hill about their investing process and where they see opportunities for international stocks in 2023. Value stocks and international companies should outperform their growth and US-based peers, in his view.

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